CN101562903B

CN101562903B - Method for accessing hybrid network and gateway equipment, wireless terminal and communication system thereof

Info

Publication number: CN101562903B
Application number: CN2009101426068A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杜蕾; 白勇; 陈岚; 加山英俊
Original assignee: NTT Docomo Inc
Current assignee: NTT Docomo Inc
Priority date: 2005-10-19
Filing date: 2005-10-19
Publication date: 2010-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 2025-10-19
Also published as: CN101562903A

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for accessing a hybrid network comprising a wide-area network and a distributed network and gateway equipment, a wireless terminal and a gateway communication system thereof, aiming at reducing the consumption of the wireless terminal accessing a gateway. The method comprises the following steps: the gateway equipment monitors a relay request timeslot on a downlinkpublic control channel of the wide-area network; the wireless terminal sends a relay request message which requests to conduct relay on the data grouping to be sent in the relay request timeslot on t he downlink public control channel; and if the gateway equipment monitors the relay request message from the wireless terminal in the relay request timeslot, a connection with the wireless terminal isestablished under an environment of the distributed network. Therefore, the gateway equipment only accesses the wireless distributed network when the peripheral wireless terminals have data relay dem and without monitoring the signals on two networks simultaneously, thus reducing power consumption.

Description

The method of access hybrid network and gateway device, wireless terminal and communication system

The application is that the name submitted on October 19th, 2005 is called the dividing an application of application for a patent for invention 200510109212.4 of ' method of access hybrid network and gateway device, wireless terminal and communication system '.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the access of hybrid network, particularly, relate to a kind of method and gateway device, wireless terminal and communication system of saving a plurality of networks power consumption, access hybrid network, under the prerequisite that guarantees to receive simultaneously from the heterogeneous networks signal of hybrid network, reduce gateway node and when idle condition, intercept the time of two networks simultaneously, thereby reduce the power consumption of gateway node unit interval, prolong the standby or the service time of gateway node.

Background technology

Along with wireless portable terminal popularize and communication service the going deep into of each field, future mobile communication system requires to realize the communication mode of " ubiquitous ", promptly can both guarantee the valid wireless transmission at any time and any place.But, in traditional cellular network, the communication between the portable terminal must by means of the base station and (or) switching of mobile switch finishes.This just makes communication mode be subjected to the restriction of factors such as region.For this reason, the wireless distributed network that does not rely on the fixed network unit arises at the historic moment as a kind of wireless access way comparatively flexibly, becomes the additional and development to fixed network, makes ubiquitous communication mode become possibility.Under the network environment of this expansion, Research of Communication Technology also no longer just is confined to certain independent network.Coexistence between the hybrid network and the wireless terminal cut-in method in hybrid network also becomes one of hot subject of research.

Wireless distributed network, the appearance such as wireless lan (wlan), self-organization network (Ad hoc), bluetooth (Bluetooth) etc. makes that the formation of hybrid network is more flexible.On the framework basis of wide area cellular networks, these distributed networks provide the wider network coverage by the direct transmission between support node, increased power system capacity, particularly solved at some environment, such as the bigger hot zones of communication payload, can't be directly connected to wide area cellular networks master controller the blind area and can't keep wireless communication problems under the scenes such as telecommunication in the wireless terminal power shortage.Yet because the different different separately communication protocol of network using, traditional wireless terminal or node can only be supported in the transmission of a network.For this reason, in hybrid network, how to support simultaneously and the communicating by letter of a plurality of networks, and do not influence transmission performances in each network, become medium and insert the problem that (Medium Access) need solve when method expands to hybrid network.

The most directly the way of a plurality of networks of access hybrid network network is to adopt wireless terminal with double mode.Wireless terminal with double mode possesses the function of supporting two kinds of communication protocols, can select the network that will insert neatly according to network condition.Such as document 1 (CN1604686, be used for selecting the apparatus and method of Access Network in hybrid system, on September 27th, 2004, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd) proposes, the priority that the wireless terminal basis sets in advance decides the network of current connection, attempts inserting the network with next priority when successfully not connecting this networking.

Similarly, document 2 (GB2269723) proposes the mobile radiotelephone of a kind of supporting cellular and local cordless system.At first route the call to cordless telephone by wireless network.Have only when can not determine and through cellular network honeycomb is connected with cordless system again under the situation of mobile telephone position.Though the wireless terminal in the said system can support more than the transmission in the network, they at a time can only keep and being connected an of network, and can't receive the information from another network.Such as in document 1, in case terminal can successfully insert the network with limit priority, will keep no longer being concerned about the information of other network with being connected of network, the calling from other network just can't arrive this wireless terminal like this.For this reason, real two wireless mould terminal need possess the ability that receives simultaneously from two network informations.Disclose in document 3 (http://china.nikkeibp.co.jp/china/news/tel/tel200407190109.html), the FOMA/WLAN N900iL that Japanese NEC Corporation produces can support to work in simultaneously the wireless terminal of hybrid network.The user can be switched under FOMA network, wireless lan network and dual-mode network pattern.As shown in Figure 1, FOMA provides the covering of wide area based on the WCDMA technology.WLAN satisfies the demand of hot zones or high-speed transfer by access point (AP).Wireless terminal can receive the information from two networks simultaneously under the bimodulus pattern.But owing to be in the signal that terminal under the dual-mode of operation pattern need detect two networks simultaneously, this just brings bigger power consumption, has shortened the stand-by time of terminal.Can standby when enabling the FOMA network 280 hours such as, N900iL.Stand-by time under status of wireless lan then can reach 230 hours.If enable the bimodulus pattern, stand-by time only has 150 hours.Therefore, need receive under the prerequisite from two network informations guaranteeing success, reduce the power consumption of terminal as much as possible, run extended services.

Although wireless terminal with double mode can be supported and the communicating by letter of a plurality of networks, still there are a lot of traditional nodes of only supporting a kind of communication protocol in the hybrid network, consider the backwards compatibility of network, how making the node of these simple functions obtain better service in hybrid network also is the problem that the medium access control will solve.Relaying is comparatively general a kind of access way, promptly utilizes dual-mode terminal as via node.When the node of some traditional function singleness can't be connected to the system that is registered, the dual-mode terminal around can being connected to earlier connected another network by this dual-mode terminal again and finishes communication.In this way, some nodes that originally can not communicate can obtain good quality of service, and have strengthened the flexibility of extension of network by dual-mode terminal.Document 4 (H.Wu, C.Qi ao, S.De, and O.Tonguz, " Integrated cellularand ad hoc relaying systems:iCAR, " IEEE Journal on SelectedAreas in Communications, vol.19, No.10, October 2001) propose to utilize self-organizing via node (ARS) to solve the congestion problems of wide area cellular networks.When the inadequate resource in the sub-district when inserting more calling, can this calling be transferred to by ARS on every side and face the sub-district mutually, thereby alleviated the unbalanced system congestion of bringing of traffic assignments, but the method need be set up special ARS node in system, bring bigger overhead, and influenced the flexibility of system.Document 5 (Y.D.Yin, and Y.C.Hsu, " MultihopCellular:A New Architecture for Wireless Communications ", IEEE INFOCOM, 2000) propose, when the source and destination node was positioned at same sub-district, many relayings by other node in the sub-district connect realized that method for communicating improves power system capacity.Yet all nodes in these all supposition systems of method all possess the ability of communicating by letter in two networks that is supported in, and can not provide support to the traditional single-mode terminal in the hybrid system, and the power consumption problem of system's interior nodes do not relate to.For this reason, the present invention's research can be connected to the hybrid network of wide area cellular networks by via node (gateway node), guaranteeing as much as possible under the internuncial prerequisite of network, reduce via node when idle condition since intercept simultaneously that two network informations bring power consumption, prolong its standby or service time.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention has been proposed.An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method and apparatus of saving a plurality of networks power consumption, access hybrid network.

In one aspect of the invention, proposed the method that a kind of access comprises the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and distributed network, comprised step: by the relay request time slot on the descending Common Control Channel of gateway device monitoring Wide Area Network; Its packet that will send is carried out the relay request information of relaying by the request that sends in the relay request time slot of wireless terminal on described descending Common Control Channel; And if gateway device listens to relay request information from wireless terminal at the relay request time slot, then under distributed network environment, set up and being connected of wireless terminal.

In another aspect of this invention, proposed the gateway device that a kind of access comprises the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and distributed network, having comprised: the Wide Area Network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in Wide Area Network; The distributed network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in distributed network; Checkout gear is used to detect the information on the descending Common Control Channel that the Wide Area Network R-T unit receives, and detects the time slot type on the current descending Common Control Channel; And the access judgment device, be used to receive the testing result of self-test device, and judge the current network that will insert.

In still another aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless terminal that relaying by gateway device communicates in the hybrid network that comprises Wide Area Network and distributed network has been proposed, comprise: the distributed network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in distributed network; Descending Common Control Channel R-T unit is used for sending the relay request information and the reception information of asking the data that wireless terminal will send are carried out relaying on the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network; Checkout gear is used to detect the information on the descending Common Control Channel that descending Common Control Channel R-T unit receives, and detects the time slot type on the current descending Common Control Channel; And the access judgment device, be used to receive the information of self-test device, and judge the current network that will insert.

Like this, by carry information at the specific time slot of the last distribution of the descending Common Control Channel (DCCCH) of wide area cellular networks from wireless distributed network, the wireless terminal with double mode that makes gateway device or serve as gateway device is monitored descending Common Control Channel from wide area cellular networks at following needs of idle holding state, just can obtain the transmission request of two networks, and in wireless distributed network, there be when request transmission to start the operator scheme of this network, thereby saved unnecessary power consumption, prolonged the service time of gateway node.

In another aspect of this invention, proposed the method that a kind of access comprises the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and distributed network, comprised step: the base station by Wide Area Network periodically sends and the synchronous synchronous signaling of descending Common Control Channel on the transmission band of wireless distributed network; Wireless terminal sends relaying is carried out in request to its data that will send relay request information after receiving this synchronous signaling; Gateway device and this synchronous signaling start the access distributed network accordingly, to receive the relay request information from wireless terminal; And gateway device is set up under distributed network environment and being connected of wireless terminal.

In still another aspect of the invention, proposed the gateway device that a kind of access comprises the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and distributed network, having comprised: the Wide Area Network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in Wide Area Network; The distributed network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in distributed network; Time set, whether be the integral multiple of cycle time, and periodically start monitoring device if being used to detect the current time, to monitor the channel of distributed network; And monitoring device, at the channel of the moment monitoring distributed network that the time set indication starts.

In still another aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless terminal that relaying by gateway device communicates in the hybrid network that comprises Wide Area Network and distributed network has been proposed, comprise: the distributed network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in distributed network; Transmission control device is used for control information in the transmission and the reception of distributed network and carry out timing; And time-delay mechanism, it receives indication and time-delay from transmission control device.

Like this, periodically send and the synchronous synchronous signaling of descending Common Control Channel on the transmission band of wireless distributed network by base station by Wide Area Network.Wireless terminal sends relay request information after receiving this synchronous signaling, thereby and gateway device can insert distributed network and receive relay request information from wireless terminal starting accordingly with synchronous signaling.Therefore, gateway device is that distributed network is monitored in the compartment of terrain, has reduced power consumption, has prolonged the service time of node.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of existing FOMA/WLAN dual-mode terminal at hybrid network;

Fig. 2 illustrates the structural representation of the hybrid network of wide area cellular networks involved in the present invention and wireless distributed network composition;

Fig. 3 is according to the schematic diagram of the descending Common Control Channel of first embodiment of the invention, wide area cellular networks;

Fig. 4 (a) is according to the block diagram that is supported in the gateway device of communicating by letter in two networks in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network;

Fig. 4 (b) has the block diagram of the wireless terminal of transfer function according to first embodiment of the invention, in distributed network;

Fig. 5 is the access schematic diagram when wireless terminal has the transmission request in the hybrid network of the present invention;

Fig. 6 carries out the detail operations flow chart of wireless terminal side under the situation of point-to-point transmission according to gateway device and wireless terminal in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network;

Operational flowchart when Fig. 7 carries out according to gateway device and wireless terminal in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network that the gateway equipment side carries out relaying under the situation of point-to-point transmission;

Fig. 8 sets up the point-to-point timing relationship schematic diagram that is connected and transmits each node under the data conditions according to first embodiment of the invention, wireless terminal by success and gateway device;

Fig. 9 does not receive the schematic diagram of the timing relationship of each node under the situation that response message carried out retransmitting according to first embodiment of the invention, wireless terminal at threshold level in the time;

Figure 10 has sent in same relay request time slot under the situation of relay request information according to first embodiment of the invention, a plurality of wireless terminal, the timing relationship schematic diagram of each node;

Figure 11 carries out the detail operations flow chart of wireless terminal side under the situation of point-to-multipoint transmission according to gateway device in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network and a plurality of wireless terminal.

Detail operations flow chart when Figure 12 carries out according to gateway device in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network and a plurality of wireless terminal that the gateway equipment side carries out relaying under the situation of point-to-multipoint transmission.

Figure 13 is according to first embodiment of the invention, connect by success and gateway device and transmit the timing relationship schematic diagram of each node under the data conditions at wireless terminal under the situation of point-to-multipoint;

Figure 14 is the schematic diagram of the timing relationship of the channel that relates in the second embodiment of the invention;

Figure 15 (a) is according to the block diagram that is supported in the gateway device of communicating by letter in two networks in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network simultaneously;

Figure 15 (b) is according to the block diagram that only is supported in the wireless terminal that transmits in the wireless distributed network in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network;

Figure 16 carries out the detail operations flow chart of wireless terminal side under the situation of point-to-point transmission according to gateway device and wireless terminal in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network;

Operational flowchart when Figure 17 carries out according to gateway device and wireless terminal in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network that gateway device carries out relaying under the situation of point-to-point transmission;

Figure 18 is that wireless terminal is set up the point-to-point schematic diagram that is connected and transmits each node timing relationship under the data conditions by success and gateway device in the second embodiment of the invention;

Figure 19 according to second embodiment of the invention, gateway device and a plurality of wireless terminal carry out the detail operations flow chart of wireless terminal side under the situation of point-to-multipoint transmission in the hybrid network;

Detail operations flow chart when Figure 20 carries out according to gateway device in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network and a plurality of wireless terminal that the gateway equipment side carries out relaying under the situation of point-to-multipoint transmission; And

Figure 21 sets up the timing relationship schematic diagram that point-to-multipoint is connected and transmits each node under the data conditions according to second embodiment of the invention, wireless terminal by success and gateway device.

Embodiment

The contrast accompanying drawing is described in detail implementation procedure of the present invention with the form of embodiment below.

[first embodiment]

Fig. 2 shows the structural representation of the hybrid network of wide area cellular networks involved in the present invention and wireless distributed network composition.BS represents the base station in the wide area cellular networks among Fig. 2, and its overlay area is bigger ellipse, and terminal Ubi or GW in base station and its coverage communicate on the frequency range of f2.Less ellipse is represented the coverage of wireless distributed network, and it can be wireless lan (wlan), self-organization network (Ad hoc), bluetooth multiple network such as (Bluetooth).This network work is in f1 frequency range (f1 is not equal to f2), so do not have interference between wireless distributed network and the wide area cellular networks.GW represents gateway node, and it is to have the wireless terminal with double mode that is supported in the ability that two networks communicate by letter simultaneously, and can successfully be connected to arbitrary network, for node on every side provides relay services.Mark Ubi represents to guarantee with the centralized control unit of wide area cellular networks the wireless terminal in communication of its service quality (QoS), it can be to have with the GW said function but can't communicate the dual-mode terminal of (such as being in blind area or current power of battery deficiency) with the base station, also can be the single-mode terminal that only possesses enhanced functional.That is to say the function that only possesses the transmission of being supported in the wireless distributed network and on the descending Common Control Channel of wide area cellular networks, send and receive information.In the present invention, suppose all terminals in the hybrid network, comprise that GW and Ubi can both receive from the data on the descending Common Control Channel of wide area cellular networks (with the WCDMA network is example, and descending Common Control Channel refers to broadcast channel (BCH)).When any one terminal has the transmission request, preferentially select wide area cellular networks to transmit, when wide area cellular networks can not satisfy the service quality of its transmission, utilize wireless distributed network to pass through gateway node on every side its transmission trunking is arrived wide area cellular networks.

Fig. 3 is according to the schematic diagram of the descending Common Control Channel (DCCCH) of first embodiment of the invention, wide area cellular networks.As shown in Figure 3, DCCCH is divided into a plurality of identical time quantums in time, i.e. time slot (Slot), and every N+1 continuous time slot constitutes a frame (frame).The top n time slot of every frame is used to send the public control messages of base station BS, such as broadcast message, beep-page message, reach pilot frequency information etc. synchronously.At N+1 time slot, the base station does not send any information, and it is specifically designed to carrying from the relay transmission request in the wireless distributed network, and this time slot is called as relay request time slot (Relay ReQuest Slot).

Fig. 4 is the block diagram of each node in the hybrid network.Fig. 4 (a) is according to the block diagram that is supported in the gateway device of communicating by letter in two networks in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network.

Shown in Fig. 4 (a), gateway device of the present invention comprises: send memory cell 410, be used to deposit and wait to send out grouping; Wide Area Network transmitting element 415 is used for sending grouping in Wide Area Network; Wide Area Network receiving element 416 is used to receive the information from Wide Area Network; Distributed network transmitting element 417 is used for sending grouping in distributed network; Distributed network receiving element 418 is used to receive the information from distributed network; Detecting unit 412 is used to detect the information on the descending Common Control Channel that Wide Area Network receiving element 416 receives, and detects the time slot type (whether being the relay request time slot promptly) on the current descending Common Control Channel; Insert decision unit 411, be used to receive testing result, and judge the current network that will insert from detecting unit 412; Sending controling unit 413 is used to receive the result from inserting decision unit 411 and detecting unit 412, the transmission and the reception of control distributed network; And delay unit 414, it receives the indication from sending controling unit 413, and time-delay.

When remaining in the transmission memory cell 410 of gateway device to send out grouping, insert decision unit 411 indications gateway device is inserted Wide Area Network and carries out the business transmission by Wide Area Network transmitting element 415 in Wide Area Network.When detecting unit 412 detects the signaling transmission is arranged on the current relay request time slot, then insert decision unit 411 indications gateway device is inserted distributed network, and start sending controling unit 413.

When inserting decision unit 411 indication access distributed networks, sending controling unit 413 starts delay units 414, keeps out of the way operation, sends acknowledgment packet RPL by distributed network transmitting element 417 after keeping out of the way a period of time.After inserting distributed network, when the selection grouping SLT that points to this gateway equipment had been received in the information indication of distributed network receiving element 418 receptions, sending controling unit 413 indication distributed network transmitting elements 417 sent permission grouping PMT.When packet had been received in the information indication of distributed network receiving element 418 receptions, sending controling unit 413 indication distributed network transmitting elements 417 send confirmed the ACK that divide into groups.After transmission affirmation grouping finishes, the packet that inserts decision unit 411 indication access Wide Area Networks and receive from wireless distributed network to the base station transmission.

Fig. 4 (b) has the block diagram of the wireless terminal of transfer function according to first embodiment of the invention, in distributed network.Shown in Fig. 4 (b), the wireless terminal of present embodiment comprises: send memory cell 420, be used to deposit and wait to send out grouping; Distributed network transmitting element 427 is used for sending grouping in distributed network; Distributed network receiving element 428 is used to receive the information from distributed network; DCCCH transmitting element 425 is used for sending relay request information on the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network; DCCCH receiving element 426 is used to receive the information from the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network; Detecting unit 422 is used to detect the information on the descending Common Control Channel that DCCCH receiving element 426 receives, and detects the time slot type (whether being the relay request time slot promptly) on the current descending Common Control Channel; Insert decision unit 421, it receives the information from detecting unit 422, and judges the current network that will insert; Sending controling unit 423, it receives from the result who inserts decision unit 421 and detecting unit 422, and the transmission and the reception of control distributed network also carried out timing; And delay unit 424, it receives the indication from sending controling unit 423, and time-delay.

When storage in the transmission memory cell 420 of wireless terminal remains to send out grouping, insert decision unit 421 indications and insert the DCCCH channel, and on detecting unit 422 detected relay request time slots, send relay request information by DCCCH transmitting element 425.After the transmission of relay request information finishes, insert decision unit 421 indication access distributed networks and also start sending controling unit 423.

When inserting decision unit 421 indications and insert distributed networks, sending controling unit picks up counting, and in the threshold level time with interior by distributed network receiving element 428 reception information.Reaching threshold level during the time,, then analyzing the information that receives, and indication distributed network transmitting element 427 sends selection grouping SLT if correctly received acknowledgment packet RPL.If do not receive any grouping, then start delay unit 424.When distributed network receiving element 428 has been received permission grouping PMT, send packet.And when distributed network receiving element 428 had successfully been received affirmation grouping ACK, indication inserted decision unit 421 and stops to insert distributed network.

In addition, have and be supported in the gateway device of communicating by letter in two networks and also might use as wireless terminal Ubi, such as the information as the DCCCH that measure show current channel conditions can't satisfy the qos requirement of its transmission or this node can't be directly and BS situation about communicating under.At this moment, the block diagram of gateway device is identical with Fig. 4 (b), but possesses current inoperative Wide Area Network transmitting element 415 and Wide Area Network receiving element 416.

Fig. 5 is the access schematic diagram when wireless terminal has the transmission request in the hybrid network of the present invention.At step S501, the wireless terminal in the hybrid network is in following descending Common Control Channel of monitoring from Wide Area Network by DCCCH receiving element 426 (DCCCH) of idle condition.At step S502, when wireless terminal has when request transmission, will decide according to the channel conditions of its nodal function and the DCCCH that listens to can be directly and base station BS carry out business and transmit.

If can directly be connected with base station BS and communicate by letter, then this wireless terminal can be used as gateway (GW) node and used this moment.At step S506, directly this wireless terminal is inserted Wide Area Network and carry out the business transmission.If this wireless terminal can not directly be connected with base station BS foundation and communicate by letter, show that this wireless terminal is Ubi node (only being used for wireless terminal in communication).Then, at step S503, whether the time slot that detecting unit 422 detects on the DCCCH is relay request time slot (RRq slot).

If this time slot is the relay request time slot,, on the relay request time slot, send relay request information (RRq Signal) by DCCCH transmitting element 425 then at step S504.Afterwards, at step S505, receive decision unit 421 indications this wireless terminal access wireless distributed network is prepared to carry out the business transmission.On the contrary, if this time slot is not the relay request time slot, then flow process forwards step S501 to, continues to monitor descending Common Control Channel.

Fig. 6 carries out the detail operations flow chart of wireless terminal side under the situation of point-to-point transmission according to gateway device and wireless terminal in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network.At step S601, the wireless terminal in the hybrid network (Ubi node) is monitored the DCCCH channel all the time.At step S602, judge whether to listen to the transmission solicited message.At step S603, when this Ubi node has the transmission request, on the relay request time slot of common down channel, send relay request information, and after transmission finishes, start the transmitting element 427 and receiving element 428 monitoring wireless distributed network channel, i.e. the step S604 of wireless distributed network.

At step S605,, then in detecting during this period of time, step S606 whether received acknowledgment packet RPL if the time of monitoring has reached the thresholding time.If do not receive, then increase competition window, and continue after time-delay a period of time to monitor DCCCH at step S611, resend this relay request information.If received acknowledgment packet RPL, then from a plurality of acknowledgment packet of receiving, select a via node (gateway device) and send selection grouping SLT to this node at step S607.After if selection grouping SLT sends and finishes, judge whether to receive permission grouping PMT at step S608, if received permission grouping PMT, then send packet at step S609, judge whether to receive affirmation grouping ACK at step S610 then.After receiving the ACK that confirms to divide into groups, finish transmission, S612 withdraws from distributed network in step.Otherwise, increase competition window and resend relay request after a period of time of delaying time at step S611.

Detail operations flow chart when Fig. 7 carries out according to gateway device and wireless terminal in first embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network that the gateway equipment side carries out relaying under the situation of point-to-point transmission.As shown in Figure 7, at step S701, the gateway device in the hybrid network is monitored the DCCCH channel all the time.At step S702, judge whether detecting unit 412 detects relay request information.When in detecting unit 412 detects relay request time slot on the DCCCH channel, relay request information being arranged, at step S703,414 random delay a period of times of delay unit.Afterwards, at step S704, start wireless distributed network transmitting element 417 to send acknowledgment packet RPL.

If acknowledgment packet RPL sends and to finish, step S705 judge whether to receive from around the selection grouping SLT of wireless terminal.At step S706,, then send and allow grouping PMT at step S706 if received the selection grouping SLT that points to this gateway device.Otherwise, withdraw from distributed network and only monitor the DCCCH channel.If after allowing grouping PMT transmission to finish, judge whether to receive packet at step S707.If successfully received packet, then send and confirm grouping ACK at step S708, withdraw from distributed network at step S709 then, and begin in Wide Area Network, to insert transmission channel, to send this packet at step S710.

Fig. 8 sets up by success and gateway device according to first embodiment of the invention, wireless terminal and point-to-pointly is connected and transmits the timing relationship schematic diagram that data and gateway device have been given each node under the situation of Wide Area Network this packet relay.

Gateway device GW1, gateway device GW2 monitor the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network all the time.When wireless terminal Ubi has the request that will transmit by gateway device, by its DCCCH transmitting element 425 in t ₁In time, is engraved in and sends relay request information on the relay request time slot of DCCCH.

Wireless terminal Ubi is at t ₂After transmission finishes constantly, start wireless distributed network transmitting element 427 and receiving element 428, prepare reception information, and pick up counting by sending controling unit 423.Detect gateway device GW1, the GW2 of the relay request information on the DCCCH at t around the wireless terminal Ubi ₂Constantly enter backoff procedure, random delay a period of time, and at the t that delays time and finish ₃, t ₄Constantly start wireless distributed network transmitting element 417 and receiving element 418, send acknowledgment packet RPL.

Wireless terminal Ubi reaches threshold level during the time in sending controling unit 423 indications, i.e. t ₅Constantly, detect whether received acknowledgment packet RPL, comprise the channel information of current gateway equipment and base station BS, this wireless terminal among the acknowledgment packet RPL by detecting unit 422.Then, indicate among the acknowledgment packet RPL that relatively receives with the BS channel situation, select best with the BS channel conditions, need the trunking of the minimum gateway device GW2 of transmitting power with the BS direct communication as this wireless terminal Ubi.Then, at t ₅Constantly send and select grouping SLT by DCCCH transmitting element 425, comprising the address of selected gateway device, the address of gateway device GW2 for example.For example, wireless terminal Ubi selects the maximum or nearest gateway device of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) by power measurement, thereby determines only Tandem Gateway.

At t ₆Constantly, when gateway device GW1 receives from the selection of wireless terminal Ubi grouping SLT, it detects this grouping is not the grouping of pointing to oneself, so close its distributed network transmission and receiving element 417 and 418 enters idle condition.Gateway device GW2 receives from the selection of wireless terminal Ubi grouping SLT, and to detect be the grouping of pointing to oneself.Then, gateway device GW2 passes through Wide Area Network transmitting element 415 at t ₇Moment transmission allows grouping PMT, shows that preparing reception also carries out relaying for it from the packet of wireless terminal Ubi.

At t ₈Constantly, wireless terminal Ubi receives the permission grouping PMT from gateway device GW2.At t ₉Constantly wireless terminal Ubi sends to gateway device GW2 and waits the packet sent out and the t after EOP ₁₀Finish transmission constantly.

t ₁₀Constantly, gateway device GW2 successfully receives the packet from wireless terminal Ubi.At t ₁₁Send constantly and confirm grouping ACK, and confirming that grouping ACK sends the t that finishes ₁₂Constantly close distributed network transmitting element 417 and receiving element 418, prepare to send data at Wide Area Network.

t ₁₃Constantly, gateway device GW2 successfully is connected to the transmission channel of Wide Area Network, begins to send the packet from wireless terminal Ubi.

Fig. 9 does not receive the schematic diagram of the timing relationship of each node under the situation that response message carried out retransmitting according to first embodiment of the invention, wireless terminal at threshold level in the time.

When wireless terminal Ubi has the transmission request, in t ₁In time, is engraved in and sends relay request information on the relay request time slot of DCCCH.Then, at t ₂Constantly send finish after, start wireless distributed network transmitting element 427 and receiving element 428, prepare reception information and pick up counting by sending controling unit 423.Arrive threshold level time, i.e. t ₅Constantly, wireless terminal Ubi does not detect any acknowledgment packet, so increase its competition window and random delay a period of time in this competition window.

At t ₆Constantly, time delay interval finishes, and wireless terminal Ubi will be on first relay request time slot on the detected DCCCH after this time, i.e. t ₉Constantly retransmit relay request information.

Figure 10 has sent in same relay request time slot under the situation of relay request information according to first embodiment of the invention, a plurality of wireless terminal, the timing relationship schematic diagram of each node.

As shown in figure 10, at t ₁Constantly, sent relay request information during relay request time slot on detecting DCCCH of wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 simultaneously.Gateway device GW2 listens in the relay request time slot on the DCCCH non-noise information, time-delay a period of time.Then, the t after back off time finishes ₃Constantly, start wireless distributed network transmitting element 417 and receiving element 418 transmission acknowledgment packet RPL.

Wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 received only acknowledgment packet RPL from gateway device GW2 at threshold level in the time, so all selected this gateway device GW2 as separately trunking, also promptly at t ₄Constantly sent the selection grouping SLT that points to gateway device GW2 simultaneously.

Gateway device GW2 is at t ₅Constantly detect collision and withdrawed from distributed network.Ubi1 and the Ubi2 following period of time after sending SLT does not receive and allows the PMT that divides into groups, and then thinks to send failure, enters backoff procedure so increase competition window, and continues to detect the relay request time slot on the DCCCH after back off time finishes.

Wireless terminal Ubi1 is on first relay request time slot on the backoff procedure end detected DCCCH in back, in t ₆Constantly resend relay request information, wireless terminal Ubi2 is on first relay request time slot on the backoff procedure end detected DCCCH in back, in t ₈Constantly resend relay request information.

In this example, although collision has taken place in the relay request information from a plurality of wireless terminal Ubi on the same relay request time slot on the DCCCH, as long as but the power level that gateway device GW2 detects on this time slot promptly starts access distributed network transmitting element 417 and receiving element 418 greater than noise power, and be ready for sending acknowledgment packet PMT, therefore can the relay request information that receive from wireless terminal Ubi not exerted an influence.As another example, gateway device GW2 sends answer signal in case detect high level at the relay request time slot with regard to peripherad wireless terminal Ubi.

As mentioned above, according to first embodiment of the invention, in the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and wireless distributed network, on the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network, distribute special time slot to be used for carrying relay request information.When wireless terminal can't be directly and the base station of Wide Area Network when communicating by the descending Common Control Channel of monitoring, on the relay request time slot, send relay request information.Detect around the wireless terminal gateway device that relay request information is arranged on the relay request time slot of descending Common Control Channel insert at this moment wireless distributed, to send acknowledgment packet.

Therefore, by on descending Common Control Channel, sending relay request information, gateway device need not monitored the information from two networks at one's leisure, and only need monitor the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network, and start the wireless distributed network transmitting element when needed and receiving element carries out relaying, thereby reduced the power consumption that gateway device brings owing to unnecessary monitoring wireless distributed network, the stand-by time that has prolonged gateway node.

More than illustrated according to the first embodiment of the present invention and set up the operation of being carried out under the situation of point-to-point connection between gateway device and the wireless terminal.But the present invention is not limited thereto, and in the present invention, gateway device can connect with a plurality of wireless terminals simultaneously, just sets up point and connect to multiple spot, thereby be a plurality of wireless terminal relay datas transmission in the mode of poll.

Need to prove that the difference of Figure 11 and Fig. 6 is from receiving response message, step S 1101～S1105 before this is to similar at the explanation that Fig. 6 carried out.Therefore, no longer step S1101～S1105 is repeated in this description here.

At step S1106, wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 receive the acknowledgment packet from gateway device GW.Then, after keeping out of the way a period of time, step S1107 wireless terminal sends selection grouping SLT.If after the thresholding time finishes this wireless terminal received from gateway device GW reply poll groupings ACK+Poll, then send packet to the gateway device GW that sends this poll groupings at step S1109.At step S1110, the back is received and is confirmed grouping ACK if data packet transmission finishes, and finishes transmission, and S1112 withdraws from distributed network in step.Otherwise, increase competition window and resend relay request after a period of time of delaying time at step S1111.

Need to prove that equally the difference of Figure 12 and Fig. 7 begins from the transmission acknowledgment packet.Step S1201 before this～S1203 is to similar at the explanation that Fig. 7 carried out.Therefore, no longer step S1201～S1203 is repeated in this description here.

At step S1204, gateway device GW sends acknowledgment packet RPL.After acknowledgment packet RPL transmission finished, the channel at step S1205 gateway device GW monitoring wireless distributed network then at step S1206, judged whether to reach the thresholding time.If do not reach the thresholding time, then continue the channel of monitoring wireless distributed network.If reached the thresholding time,, when the thresholding time finishes, detect and whether successfully receive the selection grouping at step S1207.If when the thresholding time finishes, successfully received selection grouping SLT1 and SLT2 from a plurality of wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2, then at step S1208, gateway device GW passes through distributed network transmitting element 417 to one of them wireless terminal, Ubi1 for example, poll groupings ACK+poll1 is replied in transmission, allows it to send the data of wanting relaying to this gateway device GW.At step S1209, if gateway device GW successfully received from the packet DATA1 of polled wireless terminal Ubi1 by distributed network receiving element 418, then judge whether to finish poll at step S1210.When also having not polled wireless terminal, flow process is returned step S1208 continuation transmission and is replied the next wireless terminal Ubi2 of poll groupings ACK+poll2 poll, carries out operation same as described above.If judge end of polling(EOP), then send to wireless terminal Ubi2 and confirm grouping ACK at step S1211 at step S1210.Then, at step S1212, retreat out wireless distributed network confirming that grouping ACK sends to finish, and at step S1213, gateway device GW transmits the packet from a plurality of wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 of receiving from wireless distributed network to base station BS in Wide Area Network.

Figure 13 is according to first embodiment of the invention, connect by success and gateway device and transmit the timing relationship schematic diagram of each node under the data conditions at wireless terminal under the situation of point-to-multipoint.

Equally, because Figure 13 and Fig. 8 are similar, difference is that shown in Figure 13 is the situation that two wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 and gateway device GW connected and transmitted data.So omitted the operation before moment t4 here.Wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 have received acknowledgment packet RPL from gateway device GW constantly at t4, enter backoff procedure.Wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 finish the back in backoff procedure respectively and send selection grouping SLT1 and SLT2, show and have all selected gateway device GW to carry out the gateway node of relaying as it.

Gateway device GW detects in the time at the threshold level of counting from the transmission acknowledgment packet and has received a plurality of selections grouping SLT1 and SLT2, after the threshold level time finishes, t7 constantly, transmission is replied poll groupings ACK+poll1 to wireless terminal Ubi1, allows this wireless terminal Ubi1 to transmit the packet that it wants relaying.Wireless terminal Ubi1 receive point to oneself reply poll groupings ACK+Poll1 after, send packet DATA1 constantly in t8.

Gateway device GW detects not polled wireless terminal Ubi2 in addition after the packet that successfully receives from Ubi1, so constantly send at t9 and to reply poll groupings ACK+Poll2 to wireless terminal Ubi2, wireless terminal Ubi2 receive point to oneself reply poll groupings the time send packet DATA2 constantly in t10.Gateway device GW detects poll all wireless terminals that finishes after receiving DATA2, so send acknowledgment packet ACK to Ubi2 constantly at t11.

Afterwards, gateway device GW withdraws from wireless distributed network, and is engraved in packet DATA1 and the DATA2 from Ubi1 and Ubi2 that receives from wireless distributed network to the base station BS forwarding in the Wide Area Network when t12.

Like this, in the first embodiment of the present invention, it can transmit by the mode of poll and a plurality of wireless terminals on every side after gateway device inserts wireless distributed network.

[second embodiment]

Figure 14 is the schematic diagram of the timing relationship of the channel that relates in the second embodiment of the invention.In a second embodiment, the base station BS by Wide Area Network sends and the synchronous synchronous signaling of descending Common Control Channel on the transmission band of wireless distributed network periodically.Wireless terminal Ubi sends relay request information after receiving this synchronous signaling, thereby and gateway device GW can insert distributed network and receive relay request information from wireless terminal Ubi starting accordingly with this synchronous signaling.For example, gateway device is starting the access distributed network by intercepting the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network with the corresponding moment of this synchronous signaling.

Control information from Wide Area Network is sent by the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network in the base station, such as message such as synchronous, pagings.Simultaneously, the base station sends synchronous signaling periodically on the used frequency range of wireless distributed network, and this synchronous signaling and descending Common Control Channel keep synchronously.

Gateway device in the hybrid network receives all the time from the information on the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network, and start wireless distributed network with the cycle identical in moment that each synchronous signaling begins and send and receiving element with synchronous signaling, whether have data or request transmission information, and communicate with it by wireless distributed network transmission and receiving element when having detected above-mentioned information if detecting.

Wireless terminal Ubi in the hybrid network receives the synchronous signaling from the base station, sends relay request information receiving synchronous signaling when professional transmission request is arranged after.

Figure 15 is the block diagram according to gateway device in the hybrid network of second embodiment of the invention and wireless terminal.Figure 15 (a) is the block diagram that is supported in the gateway device of communicating by letter in two networks in the hybrid network.

Shown in Figure 15 (a), the gateway device of second embodiment comprises: send memory cell 1511, be used to deposit grouping to be sent; Wide Area Network transmitting element 1515 is used for sending grouping in Wide Area Network; Wide Area Network receiving element 1516 is used to receive the information from Wide Area Network; Distributed network transmitting element 1517 is used for sending grouping in distributed network; Distributed network receiving element 1518 is used to receive the information from distributed network; Timing unit 1512, whether be the integral multiple of cycle time, and periodically start monitoring unit 1513 if being used to detect the current time, to monitor the channel of distributed network; Monitoring unit 1513 indicates the moment that starts to monitor the channel of distributed network at timing unit 1512; Sending controling unit 1514 is according to the transmission and the reception of the information Control distributed network that receives from monitoring unit 1513; And delay unit 1519, it receives indication and time-delay from sending controling unit 1514.

When monitoring unit 1513 detects transfer of data is arranged in the wireless distributed network in the listening period interval, then indicate sending controling unit 1514 to communicate according to the communication protocol of wireless distributed network and wireless terminal Ubi on every side.When monitoring unit 1513 indications do not detect any signal in given listening period interval, then do not do any operation.

Figure 15 (b) only has the block diagram that is supported in the wireless terminal Ubi that transmits in the wireless distributed network in the hybrid network.As shown in figure 15, each functional module of the wireless terminal of present embodiment is the part of the gateway device shown in Figure 15 (a).The wireless terminal of second embodiment comprises: send memory cell 1521, be used to deposit grouping to be sent; Distributed network transmitting element 1527 is used for sending grouping in distributed network; Distributed network receiving element 1528 is used to receive the information from distributed network; Sending controling unit 1524, control information in distributed network transmission and reception and carry out timing; And delay unit 1529, it receives indication and time-delay from sending controling unit 1524.

Figure 16 carries out the detail operations flow chart of wireless terminal side under the situation of point-to-point transmission according to gateway device and wireless terminal in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network.

At step S 1601, the wireless terminal Ubi in the hybrid network periodically monitors the synchronous signaling information from the base station under idle condition.This is because the synchronous signaling information that the base station sends is to send on the frequency range of wireless distributed network operation.At step S1602, judged whether professional transmission request, send promptly whether the data and the information that will send is arranged in the memory cell 1521.When business transmission request, judge whether to receive synchronous signaling at step S1603 sending controling unit 1524.If do not receive, then at step S1604, wireless terminal Ubi waits for next synchronous signaling.If receive synchronous signaling,, send relay request information by distributed network transmitting element 1527 in the moment that synchronous signaling finishes then at step S1605.

Then, at step S1606, by the transmitting element 1527 and the receiving element 1528 monitoring wireless distributed network channels of wireless distributed network.At step S1607,, then in detecting during this period of time, step S1608 whether received acknowledgment packet RPL if the time of monitoring has reached the thresholding time.If do not receive, then increase competition window, and continue monitor channel after time-delay a period of time at step S1610, resend this relay request information.

If received acknowledgment packet RPL, then from a plurality of acknowledgment packet of receiving, select a via node (gateway device) and send selection grouping SLT to this node at step S1609 sending controling unit 1524.If after selecting grouping SLT transmission to finish, judge whether to receive permission grouping PMT at step S1611.If received to allow grouping PMT, then sent packet at step S1612.

Judge whether to receive affirmation grouping ACK at step S1613 sending controling unit 1524 then.After receiving the ACK that confirms to divide into groups, flow process is returned step S1601, continues monitor channel, carries out the transmission of next round.Otherwise at step S1610 increase competition window and after a period of time of delaying time, flow process is returned step S1601, repeats above-mentioned process.

At step S1701, the gateway device GW in the hybrid network only monitors the information from the descending Common Control Channel of the Wide Area Network of base station under idle condition.At step S1702, timing unit 1512 judges whether the current time is the integral multiple in the cycle of synchronous signaling.At step S1703, under the situation of (cycle is the transmission cycle of synchronous signaling here), sending controling unit 1514 starts wireless distributed network receiving element 1518 and monitor channel when the current time is number of cycles.At step S1704, judge whether transmission information.When data or request transmission information are arranged on detecting channel, start wireless distributed network at step S1705 and send and receiving element 1517 and 1518, insert wireless distributed network, and start the 1519 time-delay regular hours of delay unit.Then, in wireless distributed network, send acknowledgment packet RPL at step S1706 by wireless distributed network transmitting element 1517.

If acknowledgment packet RPL sends and to finish, step S1707 judge whether to receive from around the selection grouping SLT of wireless terminal.At step S1708,, then send and allow grouping PMT if received the selection grouping SLT that points to this gateway device.

If in particular time interval, all do not detect any information, then close wireless distributed network and send and receiving element 1517 and 1518, only monitor DCCCH.If after allowing grouping PMT transmission to finish, judge whether to receive packet at step S1709.If successfully received packet, then send and confirm grouping ACK at step S1710, withdraw from distributed network at step S1711 then, and begin in Wide Area Network, to insert transmission channel, to send this packet at step S1712.

Figure 18 is the schematic diagram of each node timing relationship in the second embodiment of the invention.For purposes of illustration, wherein only provided timing relationship between a gateway device GW and the wireless terminal Ubi.But, have a plurality of gateway devices, for example GW1 and GW2 around the wireless terminal Ubi usually.The base station t1 constantly, (T+t1) constantly etc. be with T the cycle in wireless distributed network, send synchronous signaling.Meanwhile, wireless terminal Ubi is with the synchronous signaling in the identical cycle reception wireless distributed network.Gateway device GW1 starts wireless distributed network with GW2 with the identical cycle and sends and the receiving element monitor channel.Wireless terminal Ubi has produced professional transmission request at t1 to the time interval of (T+t1), promptly sending has the data and the information that will send in the memory cell 1521, so send the relay request grouping by wireless distributed network transmitting element 1527 after the synchronous signaling that (T+t1) receives constantly.

Owing to intercept the information of the DCCCH and the wireless distributed network channel of Wide Area Network just simultaneously at (T+t1) moment gateway device GW1 and GW2, so received relay request information from wireless terminal Ubi.After this message pick-up finishes, start delay unit 1519 and enter backoff procedure time-delay a period of time at random, and, send acknowledgment packet RPL at moment startup wireless distributed network transmitting element 1517 and receiving element 1518 that time-delay finishes.

Wireless terminal Ubi reaches threshold level during the time in sending controling unit 1514 indications, judges whether to have received acknowledgment packet RPL, comprises the channel information of current gateway equipment and base station BS, this wireless terminal among the acknowledgment packet RPL.Then, indicate among the acknowledgment packet RPL that relatively receives with the BS channel situation, select best with the BS channel conditions, need the trunking of the minimum gateway device GW2 of transmitting power with the BS direct communication as this wireless terminal Ubi.Then, send by distributed network transmitting element 1527 and to select grouping SLT, comprising the address of selected gateway device, the address of gateway device GW2 for example.For example, wireless terminal Ubi selects the maximum or nearest gateway device of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) by power measurement, thereby determines only Tandem Gateway.

Next, when gateway device GW1 receives from the selection of wireless terminal Ubi grouping SLT, it detects the grouping that this grouping is not sensing oneself, so close its distributed network transmitting element 1517 and receiving element 1518 enters idle condition.Gateway device GW2 receives from the selection of wireless terminal Ubi grouping SLT, and to detect be the grouping of pointing to oneself.Then, gateway device GW2 passes through 1517 transmissions of distributed network transmitting element and allows grouping PMT, shows that preparing reception also carries out relaying for it from the packet of wireless terminal Ubi.

Then, wireless terminal Ubi receives the permission grouping PMT from gateway device GW2.Wireless terminal Ubi sends to gateway device GW2 by distributed network transmitting element 1527 and waits the packet sent out, and after data packet transmission finishes, finishes transmission.

Next, gateway device GW2 successfully receives packet from wireless terminal Ubi by distributed network receiving element 1518, confirm grouping ACK thereby send, and close distributed network transmitting element 1517 and receiving element 1518 when finishing confirming that grouping ACK sends, prepare to send data at Wide Area Network.

Gateway device GW2 successfully is connected to the transmission channel of Wide Area Network, begins to send the packet from wireless terminal Ubi.

More than illustrated according to a second embodiment of the present invention and set up the operation of being carried out under the situation of point-to-point connection between gateway device and the wireless terminal.But the present invention is not limited thereto, and in the present invention, gateway device can connect with a plurality of wireless terminals simultaneously, just sets up point and connect to multiple spot, thereby be a plurality of wireless terminal relay datas transmission in the mode of poll.

Figure 19 carries out the detail operations flow chart of wireless terminal side under the situation of point-to-multipoint transmission according to gateway device in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network and a plurality of wireless terminal.

Need to prove that the difference of Figure 19 and Figure 16 is from receiving response message, step S1901 before this～S1907 is to similar at the explanation that Fig. 6 carried out.Therefore, no longer step S1901～S1907 is repeated in this description here.

At step S1908, wireless terminal is received the acknowledgment packet from gateway device GW.Then, start delay unit 1529 at step S1909 wireless terminal and enter backoff procedure, and after keeping out of the way a period of time, send selection grouping SLT.At step S1911, judge whether to receive and reply poll groupings ACK+poll from gateway device GW.If this wireless terminal has been received the poll groupings of replying from gateway device GW after the thresholding time finishes, then send packet to the gateway device GW that sends this poll groupings successively at step S1912.

Then, judge whether to receive affirmation grouping ACK at step S1913 sending controling unit 1524.After receiving the ACK that confirms to divide into groups, flow process is returned step S1901, continues monitor channel, carries out the transmission of next round.Otherwise at step S1910 increase competition window and after a period of time of delaying time, flow process is returned step S1901, repeats above-mentioned process.

Detail operations flow chart when Figure 20 carries out according to gateway device in second embodiment of the invention, the hybrid network and a plurality of wireless terminal that the gateway equipment side carries out relaying under the situation of point-to-multipoint transmission.

Need to prove that equally the difference of Figure 20 and Figure 17 begins from the transmission acknowledgment packet.Step S2001 before this～S2005 is to similar at the explanation that Figure 17 carried out.Therefore, no longer step S2001～S2005 is repeated in this description here.

At step S2006, gateway device GW sends acknowledgment packet RPL.After acknowledgment packet RPL transmission finishes,, detect and whether successfully receive the selection grouping at step S2007.If successfully received selection grouping SLT1 and SLT2 from a plurality of wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2, then at step S2008, gateway device GW passes through distributed network transmitting element 1517 to one of them wireless terminal, Ubi1 for example, poll groupings ACK+poll1 is replied in transmission, allows it to send the data of wanting relaying to this gateway device GW.At step S2009, if wireless terminal successfully received from the packet DATA1 of polled wireless terminal Ubi1 by distributed network receiving element 1518, then judge whether to finish poll at step S2010.When also having not polled wireless terminal, flow process is returned step S2008 continuation transmission and is replied the next wireless terminal Ubi2 of poll groupings ACK+poll2 poll, carries out operation same as described above.If judge end of polling(EOP), then send to wireless terminal Ubi2 and confirm grouping ACK at step S2011 at step S2010.Then, at step S2012, retreat out wireless distributed network confirming that grouping ACK sends to finish, and at step S2013, gateway device GW transmits the packet from a plurality of wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 of receiving from wireless distributed network to base station BS in Wide Area Network.

Similar with Figure 18, the base station t1 constantly, (T+t1) constantly etc. be with T the cycle in wireless distributed network, send synchronous signaling.Meanwhile, wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 receive synchronous signaling in the wireless distributed network with the identical cycle.Gateway device GW starts wireless distributed network with identical period T and sends and receiving element 1517 and 1518 monitor channels.Wireless terminal Ubi and Ubi2 had produced professional transmission request before t1, promptly sending has the data and the information that will send in the memory cell 1521, so send relay request grouping RRq1 and RRq2 respectively by wireless distributed network transmitting element 1527 after the synchronous signaling that t1 receives constantly.

After receiving relay request grouping RRq1 and RRq2, gateway device GW sends acknowledgment packet RPL to wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2.After wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 have received acknowledgment packet from gateway device GW, start delay unit 1529 and enter backoff procedure.Wireless terminal Ubi1 and Ubi2 send respectively and select grouping SLT1 and SLT2 after time-delay a period of time, show and have all selected gateway device GW to carry out the gateway device of relaying as it.

Gateway device GW detects in the time at the threshold level of counting from the transmission acknowledgment packet and has received a plurality of selections grouping SLT1 and SLT2, after the threshold level time finishes, transmission is replied poll groupings ACK+poll1 to wireless terminal Ubi1, allows this wireless terminal Ubi1 to transmit the packet that it wants relaying.Wireless terminal Ubi1 receive point to own reply poll groupings ACK+Poll1 after, transmission packet DATA1.

Gateway device GW detects not polled wireless terminal Ubi2 in addition after the packet that successfully receives from Ubi1, so send to wireless terminal Ubi2 and to reply poll groupings ACK+Poll2, wireless terminal Ubi2 receive point to own reply poll groupings after transmission packet DATA2.Gateway device GW detects poll all wireless terminals that finishes after receiving DATA2, send to Ubi2 then and confirm grouping.

Afterwards, gateway device GW withdraws from wireless distributed network, and transmits packet DATA1 and the DATA2 from Ubi1 and Ubi2 that receives to base station BS from wireless distributed network in Wide Area Network.

Like this, in the second embodiment of the present invention, it can transmit by the mode of poll and a plurality of wireless terminals on every side after gateway device inserts wireless distributed network.

In a second embodiment, the base station by Wide Area Network periodically sends and the synchronous synchronous signaling of descending Common Control Channel on the transmission band of wireless distributed network.Wireless terminal Ubi sends relay request information after receiving this synchronous signaling, thereby and gateway device only needs to insert distributed network and receive relay request information from wireless terminal Ubi starting with the corresponding moment of this synchronous signaling.Therefore, gateway device is that distributed network is monitored in the compartment of terrain, has reduced power consumption, has prolonged the service time of gateway node.

As mentioned above, according to second embodiment, in the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and wireless distributed network, the base station possesses in wireless distributed network the function that sends synchronous signaling, and this synchronous signaling keeps synchronous with its descending Common Control Channel at Wide Area Network; Ubi node in the network is by receiving from the waking up of synchronous signaling property information cycle of base station, and begins to send data or grouping solicited message receiving synchronous signaling when professional transmission request is arranged after; The periodic also channel of monitoring wireless distributed network that starts of timing information that gateway node in the network provides according to the descending Common Control Channel of Wide Area Network, when in listening to wireless distributed network, information being arranged and the Ubi node communicate, and finish in communication and to close the R-T unit of distributed network, the grouping of receiving before in Wide Area Network, transmitting.In this way, the gateway node in the network can receive the relay request information from single-mode terminal easily, saves its power consumption, and has the feasibility of realization by base station transmission synchronous signaling.

In addition, in the first and second above-mentioned embodiment, though Wide Area Network transmitting element and Wide Area Network receiving element, and the distributed network transmitting element is to describe with the form of separating with receiving element, but those of ordinary skill in the art can integrate them fully, realizes as a part.Equally, DCCCH transmitting element in the wireless terminal and DCCCH receiving element, and distributed network transmitting element and receiving element also can be done as a whole the realization respectively.

The above; only be the embodiment among the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, anyly is familiar with the people of this technology in the disclosed technical scope of the present invention; the conversion that can expect easily or replacement all should be encompassed in of the present invention comprising within the scope.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range of claims.

Claims

1. an access comprises the method for the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and distributed network, comprises step:

Base station by Wide Area Network periodically sends and the synchronous synchronous signaling of descending Common Control Channel on the transmission band of wireless distributed network;

Wireless terminal sends relaying is carried out in request to its data that will send relay request information after receiving this synchronous signaling;

Gateway device inserts distributed network listening on the descending Common Control Channel to start with this synchronous signaling moment corresponding, to receive the relay request information from wireless terminal; And

Gateway device is set up under distributed network environment and being connected of wireless terminal.

2. the method for claim 1 also comprises step:

Wireless terminal sends packet by described connection to gateway device; And

The gateway device packet that relaying receives from wireless terminal in Wide Area Network.

3. method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, foundation comprises with the step of connecting of wireless terminal:

Gateway device sends response message to wireless terminal after receiving relay request information;

Wireless terminal determines to be undertaken by it gateway device of relaying by the measured channel situation, and sends towards periphery and comprise the selection information of address that will carry out the gateway device of relaying by it; And

After receiving described selection information with the corresponding gateway device in the address in the selection information, send permission information to wireless terminal.

4. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, gateway device carries out the transmission of packet by the mode of poll and a plurality of wireless terminals on every side.

5. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, if wireless terminal is not received any response message within the predetermined time, then increases competition window and random back a period of time; And, finish to resend relay request information on the detected relay request time slot in back at back off time.

6. method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, indicate in the response message that wireless terminal relatively receives with the wireless terminal channel situation, and the best gateway device of selection and wireless terminal channel conditions is as the gateway device that will carry out relaying by it.

7. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, wireless terminal is selected to need the minimum gateway device of transmitting power as the gateway device that will carry out relaying by it with the wireless terminal direct communication.

8. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, wireless terminal selects the gateway device of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio maximum as the gateway device that will carry out relaying by it.

9. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, the gateway device of gateway device conduct will being undertaken by it relaying that the wireless terminal chosen distance is nearest.

10. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, gateway device detects power level and just sends response message greater than noise power in distributed network environment in the listening period interval.

11. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, gateway device just sends response message to wireless terminal in case detect high level in the listening period interval.

12. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, gateway device sends confirmation to wireless terminal after successfully receiving the packet for the treatment of relaying.

13. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described descending Common Control Channel is a broadcast channel.

14. an access comprises the gateway device of the hybrid network of Wide Area Network and distributed network, comprising:

The Wide Area Network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in Wide Area Network;

The distributed network R-T unit is used for sending grouping and reception information in distributed network;

Time set, whether be the integral multiple of cycle time, and periodically start monitoring device if being used to detect the current time, to monitor the channel of distributed network; And

Monitoring device is at the channel of the moment monitoring distributed network that the time set indication starts.

15. gateway device as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, also comprises:

Transmission control device is according to the transmission and the reception of the information Control distributed network that receives from monitoring device; And

Time-delay mechanism is used to receive the indication from transmission control device, and time-delay.

16. gateway device as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, also comprises:

Send storage device, be used to deposit grouping to be sent.

17. gateway device as claimed in claim 15, it is characterized in that, when monitoring device detects at interval at listening period transfer of data is arranged in the wireless distributed network, then indicate transmission control device in wireless distributed network, to communicate with on every side wireless terminal.

18. gateway device as claimed in claim 17, it is characterized in that, after carrying out the relay request information of relaying, the data that the request of receiving will send wireless terminal send response message to wireless terminal by the distributed network R-T unit, and after the selection information of receiving the address that comprises described gateway device from wireless terminal, send the permission information that allows this wireless terminal to send the packet of wanting relaying to wireless terminal.

19. gateway device as claimed in claim 18 is characterized in that, gateway device carries out the transmission of packet by the mode of poll and a plurality of wireless terminals on every side.

20. gateway device as claimed in claim 17, it is characterized in that, described monitoring device detects power level greater than noise power with this synchronous signaling moment corresponding on descending Common Control Channel in the listening period interval, then indicate time-delay mechanism random delay a period of time, keep out of the way operation, after keeping out of the way a period of time, in distributed network environment, send response message.

21. gateway device as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, described monitoring device just sends response message to wireless terminal in case detect high level in the listening period interval.

22. gateway device as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, when packet had been received in the information indication of distributed network R-T unit reception, transmission control device indication distributed network R-T unit sent confirmation.

23. gateway device as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, described descending Common Control Channel is a broadcast channel.

24. gateway device as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, described Wide Area Network R-T unit comprises:

The Wide Area Network dispensing device is used for sending grouping in Wide Area Network; And

The Wide Area Network receiving system is used to receive the information from Wide Area Network.

25. gateway device as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, described distributed network R-T unit comprises:

The distributed network dispensing device is used for sending grouping in distributed network; And

The distributed network receiving system is used to receive the information from distributed network.

26. communication system that comprises gateway device as claimed in claim 14.

27. the wireless terminal that the relaying by gateway device communicates in the hybrid network that comprises Wide Area Network and distributed network comprises:

Transmission control device is used for control information in the transmission and the reception of distributed network and carry out timing; And

Time-delay mechanism, it receives indication and time-delay from transmission control device.

28. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 27 is characterized in that, also comprises:

Send storage device, be used to deposit grouping to be sent.

29. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 28, it is characterized in that, if the grouping that will send is arranged in the transmission storage device, and that the distributed network R-T unit receives is that base station by Wide Area Network periodically sends on the transmission band of wireless distributed network, during with the synchronous synchronous signaling of descending Common Control Channel, transmission control device order distributed network R-T unit sends the relay request information of asking the data that wireless terminal will send are carried out relaying after receiving this synchronous signaling.

30. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 29 is characterized in that,

Wireless terminal determines to be undertaken by it gateway device of relaying by the measured channel situation after receiving from the response message of gateway device, and send towards periphery and comprise the selection information of address that will carry out the gateway device of relaying by it; And

After receiving described selection information with the corresponding gateway device in the address in the selection information, send the permission information that allows this wireless terminal to send the packet of wanting relaying to wireless terminal.

31. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 29 is characterized in that, if the distributed network R-T unit is not received any response message at threshold level in the time, then starts time-delay mechanism and increases competition window and random back a period of time; And, finish to resend relay request information behind the detected synchronous signaling in back at back off time.

32. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 29, it is characterized in that, indicate in the response message that transmission control device relatively receives with the wireless terminal channel situation, and the best gateway device of selection and wireless terminal channel conditions is as the gateway device that will carry out relaying by it.

33. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 32 is characterized in that, transmission control device is selected to need the minimum gateway device of transmitting power as the gateway device that will carry out relaying by it with the wireless terminal direct communication.

34. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 32 is characterized in that, transmission control device selects the gateway device of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio maximum as the gateway device that will carry out relaying by it.

35. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 32 is characterized in that, the gateway device of gateway device conduct will being undertaken by it relaying that the transmission control device chosen distance is nearest.

36. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 29 is characterized in that, described descending Common Control Channel is a broadcast channel.

37. wireless terminal as claimed in claim 27 is characterized in that, described distributed network R-T unit comprises:

38. communication system that comprises wireless terminal as claimed in claim 27.